EL CAJON MAN KILLED IN COLLISION IDENTIFIED

An El Cajon man was identified Sunday as the victim of a head-on collision along state Route 94 on Saturday.

The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office said Juan Manuel Castro, 69, died in the wreck that also injured three others.

Castro was driving a Nissan Sentra that collided with a pickup on the highway east of Community Building Road about 5:35 p.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings said.

Castro died at the crash site, the Medical Examiner’s Office said. He had been wearing a seat belt.

Castro’s wife, also traveling in a front seat, was severely injured. She was airlifted to UC San Diego Medical Center, Cal Fire Capt. Mike Mohler said.

An unidentified second passenger in the Sentra, and the pickup driver, identified as Anthony Montello, 56, were taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital for treatment, officials said.

The highway was blocked in both directions at Otay Lakes Road and state Route 18 until about 9:30 p.m. to conduct their investigation and haul away the wreckage.

MORGAN LEE • U-T

Man stabbed during fight in Gaslamp Quarter

SAN DIEGO

A 21-year-old man was stabbed in the chest during a fight with two other men in the Gaslamp Quarter early Sunday morning, San Diego police said.

The fight occurred near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and J Street shortly before 2 a.m.

Police arrested one of the alleged assailants, but the second got away. Police described him as a 5-foot-8-inch black man with dreadlocks. He was last seen running south on Fifth Avenue.

The victim was taken to a nearby trauma center for treatment. No information about his condition was available.

CRAIG GUSTAFSON • U-T

Wounded man surfaces after shooting

SPRING VALLEY

Shots were fired outside a bar early Sunday morning and a shooting victim turned up at a hospital, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said.

Authorities received a report of shots being fired shortly after midnight outside Fannie’s Bar near Campo Road and Willowside Lane in Spring Valley. Deputies arrived after a few minutes, but nobody at the bar appeared to have been involved.

While investigating, deputies were notified a person with multiple gunshot wounds was being treated at Grossmont Hospital.

Authorities didn’t release any information on the victim’s condition.

No suspects or other victims have been identified.

CRAIG GUSTAFSON • U-T

Sprint store armed robber gets cash, phones

SAN DIEGO

A man with a gun robbed a Sprint communication store Saturday night in the Midway District, police said.

The robber left the store near the intersection of Rosecrans and Kurtz streets shortly before 7 p.m. with cash and several cellphones.

No arrest was made. Police described the suspect as a black man in his late 20s or early 30s. He was about 5 feet 7 inches tall and wore a ski mask, a red and black jacket and black jeans.

No one was injured.

CRAIG GUSTAfSON • U-T

Crash closes Lakeside-Ramona link

LAKESIDE

The rural Wildcat Canyon Road linking Lakeside to Ramona remained closed nearly a day after a car crashed into a power pole, splaying live wires across the pavement.

About 2 a.m. Sunday, a Mercedes sedan veered into a pole off the side of the road, a short distance north of Willow Road, according to a Heartland Fire dispatcher.